Every task we perform on a computer requires different components of the machine to interact with one another — to ...

We are building a theoretical framework that will guide the creation of artificial agents that adjust their neural networks (brains) to feedback from their bodies and surroundings -- in essence to ...

"Over the past 40 years, the field of microeconomics has gone through a revolution in real-world applications, yet the ...

This paper tests two of the simplest and most popular trading rules--moving average and trading range break, by utilizing a very long data series, the Dow Jones index from 1897 to 1986. Standard ...

Popular and academic books and chapters, authored or edited by SFI researchers. Thinking Through Archaeological Complexity explores how archaeologists can engage with complex adaptive systems, ...

An Introduction to Ergodicity Economics is a new textbook that draws on physics to re-examine traditional economic theory. It begins with flipping a coin. And a hypothetical gambit. Imagine you were ...

SFI Research Fellow Anthony Eagan reflects on SFI's new multi-day event, Synthetic Imagination, which launched in September.

We are creating dynamic models for understanding why some human societies are more unequal than others. From relatively egalitarian foragers to modern agricultural societies, we are investigating the ...

Biologists at UCLA used a natural experiment during the COVID-19 lockdowns to study the effects of human activity on urban ...

Drawing from statistical physics and cognitive and social psychology, we are examining how beliefs and behaviors change in diverse social networks. We know that our beliefs and behaviors are ...

Launched in the Spring of 2017, the SFI Press endeavors to communicate the best of complexity science and to capture a sense of the diversity, range, breadth, excitement, and ambition of SFI-related ...

Adherence to social norms is underwritten not only by the cognitively mediated pursuit of self-interest, but also by emotions. Shame, guilt, pride, regret, joy, and other visceral reactions play a ...